DuPage County highway permit bonds.
From $100.
Before the DuPage County Division of Transportation issues a highway permit for work in a county road right-of-way, it requires a performance bond, payable to the County of DuPage. The Division sets it at 110% of the engineer's probable cost estimate, with county-set minimums. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a DuPage County highway permit bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter the amount the Division specified on your permit, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your firm or ownership details, the location and description of the right-of-way work, the bond amount your highway permit requires, and the effective date.
Approved
No credit check up to $50,000, and most applications approve instantly. Pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with the Division
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the DuPage County Division of Transportation so your highway permit can be issued.
What it is and who needs it.
What the DuPage County highway permit bond actually guarantees
The DuPage County Division of Transportation conditions a highway permit — required for any work that touches a county road right-of-way, under the County's Right-of-Way Permit and Fee Ordinance — on a performance bond, payable to the County of DuPage. The bond backs the promise that permitted work will be completed and the right-of-way restored to the County's standards.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and DuPage County (the obligee), with the traveling public and the County's road infrastructure as the protected party. If permitted work is left incomplete or the right-of-way is not properly restored, the County can draw on the bond to finish or repair it.
The Division sets the bond at 110% of the engineer's probable cost estimate for the work, based on your estimate of costs or contract quantities, subject to a $1,500 minimum for a single-family residential project and $2,500 for a commercial project. Enter the figure the Division confirmed; we price it from a $100 minimum. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Division. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the DuPage County Division of Transportation so your highway permit can be issued.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $50,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $50,000.
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Get your highway permit bond filed today.
From $100, no credit check up to $50,000, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.